A collection of more than a dozen former Seattle P-I staffers (now Web-only) have teamed up to take on their on their old employer. Together, they've formed SeattlePostGlobe.Org, a new local news site focused on the Seattle Mariners and local Seattle politics.
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So far, they're working with an improvised infrastructure. The Seattle Weekly (a Village Voice media property) is overseeing the Post-Globe's advertising, and local public TV station KCTS is ponying up office space and cash. And so far, the Post-Globe writers are working for free.
Meanwhile: Do the online news organizations of the future need to have newspaper names?